Rethinking Trauma as a Global Challenge
World distribution and type of lethal event Number Rate per 100,000 Percentage % Low- and middle-income countries 1,510,000 32.1 91.1 High-income countries 149,000 14.4 8.9 Homicide 520,000 8.8 31.3 Suicide…
Migration, Trauma and Resilience
Sociocentric Egocentric Extended/joint family Nuclear family Status predetermined Status oriented Strong social links Weak social links Little or no choice Choice of partner Interdependent Independent Group advance Individual advance Tradition…
Trauma and Migration: The Role of Stigma
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Meryam Schouler-Ocak (ed.)Trauma and Migration10.1007/978-3-319-17335-1_5 5. Trauma and Migration: The Role of Stigma Levent Küey1 (1) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey…
Introduction: The Relevance of Trauma Among Immigrants
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Meryam Schouler-Ocak (ed.)Trauma and Migration10.1007/978-3-319-17335-1_1 1. Introduction: The Relevance of Trauma Among Immigrants Meryam Schouler-Ocak1 (1) Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Charité, St. Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, Germany …
Clinical Diagnosis of Traumatised Immigrants
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Meryam Schouler-Ocak (ed.)Trauma and Migration10.1007/978-3-319-17335-1_7 7. Clinical Diagnosis of Traumatised Immigrants Ibrahim Özkan1 and Maria Belz1 (1) Department for Cultures, Migration and Mental Disorders, Asklepios Fachklinikum Göttingen, Rosdorfer Weg 70, Göttingen,…
The Epidemiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Focus on Refugee and Immigrant Populations
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Meryam Schouler-Ocak (ed.)Trauma and Migration10.1007/978-3-319-17335-1_3 3. The Epidemiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Focus on Refugee and Immigrant Populations Marion C. Aichberger1 (1) Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Mitte, Charité…
